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No. 767,035. PATENTED AUG. 9, 1904:.

S. BLAGHMANN.

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APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25. 1904. N0 MODEL.

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R WITNESSE INYVEN-TOR I liln'rrnn STATES Patented August 9, 1904.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 767,035, dated August 9, 1904.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,196. (No model.)

To u/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, SIMON BLACIIMANN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident in the city of Bayonne, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Caps, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact spcciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates a vertical sectional view of the cap with the face and neck protecting band folded therein. Fig. 2 illustrates a vertical sectional view of the cap with the face and neck protecting band projected. illustrates a vertical sectional view of a modified construction. Fig. 4. illustrates the shape of the face and neck protecting band detached from the cap.

A represents the crown or body part proper of the cap. 7

B is the vizor; which may be made of an outer layer of material C, which is preferably the same as that composing the cap-body. 'lhe vizor may be stiffened by an inserted. piece D, of any suitable stiffening material. The crown of the cap is preferably lined with a suitable lining E, which likewise may be applied upon the inside of the vizor, as shown at E. The vizor is preferably stitched or otherwise fastened to the body of the cap at F.

The protecting-band (see Fig. 4) is composed of a piece of material Gr, which i'nay be the same as that composing the body of the cap or of any other preferred material, and it may.

advantageously be lined with another piece of material H, so as to present a finished appearance.

I I are openings in the face-m'otecting band, composed, preferably,of clear celluloid, which may be inserted between the outer piece C and the lining H of the protecting-band and held in proper position by stitching. The lining H adjacent to the lower rim of the crown of the cap is folded, as shown best in Fig. 2, and is stitched to the lower rim of the cap and to the upper edge of the vizor, as shown, so that the protecting-band may be folded inwardly, as shown in Fig. 1, and be entirely'inclosed within the crown of the cap, or it may be pulled outwardly, as shown in Fig.

Fig. 2, in which event it wili thoroughly pro tect .the face and neck of the wearer. The sight-orifices I I enable him to see as plainly as though the protecting-band were not in use, and a breathing or mouth and nose opening is shown at K.

It will be observed that when the protecting-band folded within the crown of the cap the structure presents the appearance of an ordinary cap and may be comfortablyand very satisfactorily worn as such and that in the event of cold weather theprotecting-band may be folded outwardly, as shown at Fig. 2, by first-folding outwardly from the crown of the cap the lower portion of the protecting band on about the line of the mouth-opening K and then pulling the remainder of the band from within the cap. Thereupon the whole is pulled over the head of the wearer, as usual, and a very satisfactory and complete protection against cold weather results.

In Fig. I. show a modified construction in which the lining E of the cap may extend from its crown across the junction between the cap and the vizor, as shown at L, down to near the front edge of the vizor, and the protecting-band, while constructed generally the same as in the other figures, is attached to the crown of the cap in a different manner-that is to say, instead of having the upper edge of the lining H of the band stitched to the lower edge of the crown of the cap and of the vizor, respectively, the lining is stitched circum ferentially to the protecting-band, as at M, and to the interiorof the crown of the cap or its lining, as at N, and between M and N the lining H is not attached to the protecting-band, so that when it is pulled out from the crown of the cap the section of the lining H between the circunlferential stitching M and the circumferential stitching N will come outwardly with the band and will occupy the position between the stitches N and the lower edge of the crown of the cap. In this way I secure the advantage that whereas in the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2 the finished surface of the cloth of theprotecting-bandis in contact with the hair of the wearer, when the band is folded within the cap in the form shown in Fig. 3 the back, not the finished surface, of'the cloth is presented against the hair of the wearer except in the comparatively small part which covers the mouth and chin. This is an advantageous feature, for it tends to avoid soiling of the protecting-band.

It will be obvious to those who are familiar with this art that modifications may be made in the special construction of the parts composing the device without departing from the essential features of the invention. For example, the cap-body and the vizor thereof may be made in any preferred manner, and the face and neck protecting-band may be attached to the cap in any preferred way. In other words, the special form in which the parts are constructed and the special method of connecting them together form no essential or controlling part of the invention. I therefore do not limit myself in any respect to the details illustrated and described.

I claim 1. A cap havinga face and neck protecting band attached interiorly thereto, said band consisting of a strip of suitable material adapted to be folded upon itself and to stand erect as folded and having arelatively wide central portion provided with sight and breathing openings and narrower terminal portions adapted to protect the back of the head and neck of the wearer, the said band being folded upon itself and then folded within the crown of the cap, the wide portion in two folds and the narrower terminal parts in one fold, the crown of the cap being substantially cylindrical in interior shape, whereby the folded band may be received within it without wrinkling.

2. A cap having a face and neck protecting band consisting of a strip of material adapted to be folded upon itself and to stand erect as folded, and having a relatively wide central section, provided with sight and breathing openings, and narrower parts for protecting the back of the head and neck of the wearer, the upper edge of the band being stitched to the lower edge of the interior of the cap and adapted to be folded upon itself and also folded within the cap, the crown of the cap being substantially cylindrical in interior shape, whereby the band, when folded, may be stored therein without wrinkling.

3. A cap having a face and neck protecting band embodying a wide forwardly-presented portion having sight and breathing openings therein and narrower rearwardly-presented parts for the protection of the back of the head and neck of the wearer and a lining-strip by which the band is attached to the interior of the cap, said strip being substantially half as wide as the depth of the crown of the cap.

4. A cap having a face and neck protecting band embodying aforwardly-presented wider part in which sight and breathing openings are formed and rearwardly presented narrower parts for the protection of the back of the head and neck of the wearer and a lining by which the band is attached to the interior of the cap, said lining being substantially as deep as the crown of the cap, the band being .adapted to be folded upon itself and to stand erect when folded and the crown of the cap being substantially cylindrical in interior shape, so that the band, when folded, may be stored therein without wrinkling.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

SIMON BLACHMANN.

l/Vitnesses:

F. M. DoUsBAoH, MARTIN HAUGER. 

